Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:59:32 -0400 From: "Bob Hall" <rjhalljr@starpower.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Using dvd-ram for backup Message-ID: <20010827085932.A211@starpower.net>
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Has anyone used dvd-ram for backup? I've been searching the FreeBSD site and my books for several days, and I haven't been able to come up with the magic combination of keystrokes that will persuade FreeBSD to write to a dvd-ram device. My system is 4.3 release. I've tried using newfs to create a Unix file system on the disk: # newfs -v /dev/rcd0c but I get an error message that it can't write the disk label. I've tried using disklabel and received the save message. I've tried # dump -f /dev/rcd0c /usr but it tells me that I need 12 volumes. My entire file system takes up less than half of one side of a dvd disk. I've also tried using tar, but it just fills the /cd0 file to maximum capacity, and I have to MAKEDEV to shrink it so that I can use the computer. (/: file system full) Thanks in advance for any suggestions Bob Hall -- Know thyself? Absurd direction! Bubbles bear no introspection. -Khushhal Khan Khatak To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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